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Biochemical Society Annual Symposium - Structure and function in cell adhesion

3—5 December 2007

The Palace Hotel, Manchester, UK



Organizer:
David Garrod (University of Manchester, UK)
Sunday 2 December 2007
16:00 - 18:00 Registration

Adhesive cell-cell interactions and intercellular junctions ¿ Part 1

Chair:
David Garrod (University of Manchester, UK)
Monday 3 December 2007
08:00 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:30
Cadherin structure and specificity
Lawrence Shapiro (Columbia University, USA)
09:30 - 10:00
Biochemical and structural analysis of alpha-catenin in cell-cell contacts
William Weis (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA)
10:00 - 10:30
Cytomechanics of cell-cell adhesion
W. James Nelson (Stanford University, USA)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break

Structural aspects of cell adhesion signalling

Chairs:
Mark Ginsberg (University of California San Diego, USA)
Martin Humphries (University of Manchester, UK)
Monday 3 December 2007
11:00 - 11:30
Structural insight into Slit-Robo signalling
Erhard Hohenester (Imperial College London, UK)
11:30 - 12:00
Protein tyrosine phosphatases in cell-cell adhesion
Nicholas Tonks (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA)
12:00 - 12:15
A tension dependent link between E-cadherin and actin, which involves Vinculin and associated proteins
Selected oral communication - Johan de Rooij (The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
12:15 - 12:30
Opening up a can of worms: genetic analysis of alpha-catenin function
Selected oral communication - Neale Harrison (University of Aberdeen, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:00
The effects of heterogeneity on the binding of the Notch intracellular domain to the transcription factor CSL: a case of biologically tuned disorder
Doug Barrick (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
14:00 - 14:30
Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase m ¿ measuring where to stick
Yvonne Jones (University of Oxford, UK)
14:30 - 14:45
The cellular prion protein PrPc is involved in the proliferation of epithelial cells and in the distribution of junction-associated proteins
Selected oral communication - Caroline Clair (Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France)
14:45 - 15:00
Molecular force spectroscopy of homophilic nectin-1 interactions
Selected oral communication - Tong Seng Lim (Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore )
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee/tea break

Adhesive cell-cell interactions and intercellular junctions ¿ Part 2

Chairs:
Beat Imhof (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
Cay Kielty (University of Manchester, UK)
Monday 3 December 2007
15:30 - 16:00
Electron tomography of desmosomes
David Stokes (New York University, USA)
16:00 - 16:30
Cryo- electron tomography of vitreous sections of native epidermal desmosomes
Ashraf Al-Amoudi (EMBL Heidelberg, Germany)
16:30 - 17:00
Structure of artificial VE-cadherin junction
Olivier Lambert (University of Bordeaux, France)
17:00 - 17:30
Hyper-adhesion; a new concept in cell-cell adhesion
David Garrod (University of Manchester, UK)
17:30 - 19:00 Drinks reception and poster viewing

Tuesday 4 December 2007
09:00 - 09:30
The role of JAM-C in leukocyte migration and angiogenesis
Beat Imhof (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
09:30 - 10:00
Beyond structure: molecular mechanism of intercellular adhesion
Deborah Leckband (University of Illinois, USA)
10:00 - 10:30
Post-adhesive events in malaria cytoadherence
Alister Craig (University of Liverpool, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break

Integrins and focal adhesions ¿ structure, function and regulation

Chairs:
W. James Nelson (Stanford University, USA)
Karl Kadler (University of Manchester, UK)
Tuesday 4 December 2007
11:00 - 11:30
Conformational change and ligand binding in integrins
Tim Springer (Harvard University, USA)
11:30 - 12:00
Integrin activation: a roadmap
Mark Ginsberg (University of California San Diego, USA)
12:00 - 12:30
How do cells decide which way to turn?
Martin Humphries (University of Manchester, UK)
12:30 - 12:45
Interplay between integrin subunits in signalling
Selected oral communication - Johanna Jokinen (University of Turku, Finland)
12:45 - 13:00
A role for syntenin in syndecan 1 mediated formation of filopodia
Selected oral communication - Béatrice Sulka (Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:45 Poster session with coffee / tea

15:45 - 16:00
Microfluidic SP1.0 Platform - bringing in vitro close to in vivo
Exhibitor presentation - Kate Fitzgerald (Stratech Scientific Ltd, UK)
16:00 - 16:30
Regulation and activation of cell migration molecules
Robert Liddington (The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, USA)
16:30 - 17:00
Integrin connections to the cytoskeleton
Jonas Emsley (University of Nottingham, UK)
17:00 - 17:15
Targeted deletion of tgm-2 uncovers a role for extracellular transglutaminase-2 in RhoA downregulation during fibroblast adhesion to fibronectin
Selected oral communication - Elisabetta Verderio (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
17:15 - 17:30
The structure of the C-terminal actin-binding domain of talin
Selected oral communication - Alexandre Gingras (University of Leicester, UK)
19:00 - 19:40 Tour of Old Trafford Football Stadium (coaches depart 18:30)
pre-booked tickets only

19:45 - 23:00 Conference dinner (coaches depart 19:15)
pre-booked tickets only

Structure and assembly of extracellular matrix

Chairs:
Jonas Emsley (University of Nottingham, UK)
Tim Springer (Harvard University, USA)
Wednesday 5 December 2007
09:00 - 09:30
Cell-collagen interactions
Richard Farndale (University of Cambridge, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Dependence of collagen triple helical conformation on amino acid sequence: a new approach
Jordi Bella (University of Manchester, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Fibrillin microfibril assembly: essential roles for alpha5beta1 integrin and fibronectin
Cay Kielty (University of Manchester, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break

11:00 - 11:30
Fibrillin-integrin interactions in health and disease
Penny Handford (University of Oxford, UK)
11:30 - 12:00
Cell-mediated organisation of collagen fibrils
Karl Kadler (University of Manchester, UK)
12:00 - 12:30
Studies of focal adhesion assembly
Iain Campbell (University of Oxford, UK)
12:30 - 13:00 General discussion

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch